1ST MEETING OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS FROM NEWS AGENCIES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

Date: 17 and 18 December, 2015 Duration: 1 day and half conference and workshop Venue: Museo del Patrimonio Municipal de Málaga (MUPAM). Paseo de Reding, 1. 29016 Malaga () Proposed list of participants: Senior environmental and scientific journalists from the Alliance of Mediterranean News Agencies (AMAN), representatives of professional associations of environmental journalists (APIA and AECC in Spain), key regional environmental organizations (IUCN, WWF-Med, UNEP/MAP).

WHY The objective of this meeting is, first, the promotion of a Mediterranean network of journalists and media corporations specialized on environmental issues, with a focus on enhancing sound scientific information and conservation policy analysis in the region. Likewise, it aims at boosting public awareness on the Mediterranean region scenario and its environmental challenges through providing support to journalists and media outlets for relevant material production and professional training opportunities.

Secondly, the collaboration between IUCN and the Alliance of Mediterranean News Agencies (AMAN), that includes 19 news agencies, and their capacity as a network can play an important role within this initiative by building a general awareness on the need to generate public support for environmental policies at regional level in the Mediterranean. The meeting will therefore explore potential joint activities to encourage partnerships between Mediterranean environmental organizations, media agencies and journalists.

In collaboration with Funded by Time Wednesday, 16 December 2015 AM-PM Arrival of participants and check-in at selected hotel 19.45-20.00 Meeting at the lobby of Hotel Welcome dinner Thursday, 17 December 2015 Reception of participants at Museo del Patrimonio Municipal de Málaga 8:45 - 9:00 (MUPAM)

Welcome address and opening remarks by key local and regional institutions

. George Penintaex, Secretary General, Alliance of Mediterranean News Agencies 09:00 – . Antonio Troya, Director, IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation 10:00 . Arturo Larena, Director, EFEverde . José Luis Hernández Garijo, Deputy Regional Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning of Andalusia (CMAOT) . Francisco de la Torre, Mayor, Council of Malaga

Overview: OBJECTIVES OF THE 1st MEETING OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA IN THE MEDITERRANEAN This session will open the floor to debate by introducing the main environmental challenges in the Mediterranean and the current trends on environmental news reporting as well the problems of communicating the environmental agenda from the point of view of regional institutions Speakers: • Antonio Troya, Director, IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation 10:15 – • Alessandra Paradisi, Vice Director of International Relations, RAI ; President, 11:15 Strategic Committee of COPEAM (Permanent Conference of the Mediterranean Audiovisual Operators) • Grammenos Mastrojeni, International Affairs, Italian Cooperation - Ministry of Foreign Affairs • Jeremie Fosse, President, Eco-Union Chair: Luis Medina-Montoya Hellgren, Director General, Environment and Sustainability Area, Council of Malaga Debate with delegates 11:30 – Coffee break 11:45 Round-table/Discussion I: THE NEED 11:45 – Representatives from press agencies in the north and south of the Mediterranean 13:00 will open the floor to a regional dialogue on how to respond to the obstacles for better environmental journalism from a press agency perspective, and how can environmental and scientific reporting be enhanced in a region with different socioeconomic scenarios. The need for collaboration and in which areas will be exposed and cooperation modalities explored for the benefit of press agencies, journalists interested in environmental reporting and, finally, policy makers and the public at large. • Daghiche Fatma-Zohra, Argelia News Agency • Elias Palialexis, Athens News Agency - Macedonian Press Agency In collaboration with • Omar Er-Rouch, Moroccan News Agency Funded by • Isabel Wesselingh, Agence France-Presse Chair: IUCN-Med Debate with delegates Round-table: THE ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AS

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Time Friday, 18 December 2015 MEDITERRANEAN DIALOGUE – COP 21 CLIMATE CHANGE – 10:00 – RESULTS FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION 12:00 At the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Paris, IUCN is highlighting the role of nature in providing practical solutions in tackling climate change and adapting to its impacts. At Mediterranean level, the impacts are already noticeable and will be increasing through time. This session will offer the opportunity for journalists and experts to dialogue and question the implications for the Mediterranean and prepare the grounds for the coverage of the next COP22 to be held in2016 in Marrakech. The debate will deal with political actions at international level and its implications at national and local level, in particular how both experts and journalists can best transfer key climate change information to society and move awareness and citizenship action. Speakers: . Teresa Ribera, Director, Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI) and ex Secretary of State for Climate Change in Spain . Abderrahim Houmy , Secretary General for Water and Forests and the Fight against Desertification (Morocco) . Hugues Ravenel, Director, Plan Bleu (via skype)

Chair: Caty Arévalo, Journalist, EFE Debate with delegates

12:00 – Coffee break 12:30 Round-table – CORPORATE JOURNALIST ASSOCIATIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN Environmental and science journalism in the Mediterranean is challenged today by a general transformation of traditional press into digital means, accompanied by a quicker flow of information through social media and an increasing need to position professional environmental journalism high in the information and communication agenda. The objective of this session is to look at the current press landscape in the region, promote networking amongst journalists and associations, and set foot on common grounds for the identification of mutually beneficial activities for the promotion of 12.30 – relevant environmental reporting and their professional development. 14:00 . María García de la Fuente, General Secretary, Asociación de Periodistas de Información Ambiental (APIA), Spain . Magali Reinert, Member, Association des journalistes scientifiques de la presse and Association of Environmental Journalists (AJE), France . Mario Salomone, President, Federazioni Italiana Media Ambientali (FIMA), Italy . Henda Chennaoui, Tunisia Environment Reporting Network . El Moctar Cheiguer, Chairman, African Network of Environmental Journalists, Mauritania Chair: Ignacio Fernández-Bayo, Vice-president, Spanish Association of Scientific Communication (AECC)

14:00 – Conclusions In collaboration14:30 with Closing remarks Funded by Elisa Rivera Mendoza, Dirección General de Calidad y Evaluación Ambiental y Medio Natural, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (MAGRAMA), Spain

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